Bien-être

Nous aidons les villes à placer le bien-être au cœur de leurs politiques et de leur planification en créant des espaces de célébration et de partage des connaissances.

Prioriser le bien-être, c’est prioriser les gens. Alors que les gouvernements municipaux adoptent de plus en plus de projets qui reflètent les besoins et les priorités des communautés, les villes sont progressivement transformées en lieux qui répondent aux besoins locaux, améliorant ainsi la qualité de vie dans son ensemble. Les moteurs du bien-être étant souvent liés au lieu et au contexte, notre travail consiste essentiellement à faire progresser le débat sur la définition du bien-être urbain, sa mesure et la manière de le cultiver.

Wellbeing Cities, l’initiative phare de NewCities, a pour objectif d’identifier, d’étudier et de promouvoir des exemples exceptionnels de projets urbains abordant divers défis sous l’angle du bien-être. Depuis 2018, notre prix Wellbeing Cities a récompensé plus de 40 villes dans le monde et rassemblé plus de 1 500 leaders mondiaux et experts urbains de tous les secteurs en ligne et dans notre ville hôte, Montréal, pour faire avancer la discussion sur le bien-être.

Notre nouvelle initiative, Mieux vivre ensemble, gardera le même objectif tout en se concentrant sur les solutions locales et communautaires répondant aux défis rencontrés dans la région du Grand Montréal.

Explorez nos événements, projets et notre contenu axés sur le bien-être.


  • Connected Communities: For a Healthy and Inclusive Montréal

    Connected Communities: For a Healthy and Inclusive Montréal

    Our most recent initiative on urban wellbeing, Connected Communities explores local and community solutions that are improving urban health, strengthening residents’ feelings of pride and belonging, and responding to challenges faced by the region of Montréal in housing, mobility, and food security.

  • Connected Communities: For a Healthy and Inclusive Montréal

    Connected Communities: For a Healthy and Inclusive Montréal

    Our most recent initiative on urban wellbeing, Connected Communities explores local and community solutions that are improving urban health, strengthening residents’ feelings of pride and belonging, and responding to challenges faced by the region of Montréal in housing, mobility, and food security.

  • Biophilia and Urban Wellness

    Biophilia and Urban Wellness

    Biophilia is the innate human connection to nature, and cities around the world are discovering that it is more than just a feel-good notion. Creating experiences of nature in the urban environment has measurable physiological, psychological, and economic benefits. Streetscapes, parks, rooftops, and stormwater systems all offer opportunities for meaningful connections to nature. By Andrew Snowhite and William Browning.

  • Wellbeing Cities 2021 | Program

    Wellbeing Cities 2021 | Program

    DISCOVER OUR PROGRAM:  Experts and city leaders share common goals and challenges in podcasts, webinars and keynotes. The Wellbeing Cities initiative celebrates cities around the world transforming urban life by placing wellbeing at the heart of their policy and planning. Since 2018, the Wellbeing Cities Award has recognized more than 40 cities on all five continents and  gathered more than…

  • Bogotá, Colombia | Wellbeing Cities Winner 2021

    Bogotá, Colombia | Wellbeing Cities Winner 2021

    Bogotá, Colombia Wellbeing Cities Winner  ABOUT “Our mandate is to make Bogotá a caring, inclusive, sustainable city, where quality and relevant education is the main driver for social and economic transformation.” During 2020 Bogotá has focused its efforts on dealing with the pandemic to ensure the well-being of its citizens and also to promote a green…

  • Wellbeing Cities Award 2021

    Wellbeing Cities Award 2021

    Wellbeing Cities 2021 ADVANCING AND CELEBRATING URBAN WELLBEING 3rd Edition | 2nd Edition | 1st Edition The Wellbeing Cities initiative celebrates cities around the world transforming urban life by placing wellbeing at the heart of their policy and planning. Since 2018, the Wellbeing Cities Award has recognized more than 40 cities on all five continents and  gathered more than 1,500 global…

  • Wellbeing and The Built Environment

    Wellbeing and The Built Environment

    We have long known that our physical and social environment impacts our overall health—from pollution, air and water quality, to our working conditions and access to housing. COVID-19 has brought to light the importance of optimizing cities for urban wellbeing, calling into question spatial planning and density, public space, and health systems. To what extent…

  • The Big Rethink – Wellbeing & Health

    The Big Rethink – Wellbeing & Health

    The Wellbeing ImperativeApril 28, 2020 | 9am PDT | 12pm EDT As the world’s urban population continues to grow, global health is becoming increasingly synonymous with urban health. The spread of COVID-19 has revealed the extent to which cities impact what we understand about disease:  population density and a world of places connected by business…